Technical writers are important to every organization but many overlook it and fall in trouble. Let's look at why it is important to have technical writers around you.

1. Is Technical Writing Important to
Your Business?
Meetup #1
Hosted by WSO2

2. Here’s What We are Going To Discuss
• Why content is important
• Why content is important to your business
• History of technical writing
• Quality in technical writing
• Technical writing in Sri Lanka
• What we do as technical writers
• The connection between content and training

3. Importance of Content

4. Why is content important to you?
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5. Why is content important to your business?
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6. Different Forms of Technical Content
Source: http://pertamini.co/types-of-document/

7. History of Technical Writing
Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/
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8. Evolution of Documentation Tools

9. Quality Matters

10. Don’t Pay Attention to What You Write?
The canning, processing, preserving, freezing, drying,
marketing, storing, packing for shipment or distribution
of:
1. Agricultural produce
2. Meat and fish products; and
3. Perishable foods

11. Don’t Pay Attention to What You Write?
The canning, processing, preserving, freezing, drying,
marketing, storing, packing for shipment,or distribution
of:
1. Agricultural produce
2. Meat and fish products; and
3. Perishable foods

12. “Without the comma, the drivers
argued, the law referred only to the
act of packing, for the purpose of
either shipping or distributing.”

13. Don’t Test What You Write?

14. Specification vs. Documentation
Start this spaceship!

15. Going Beyond Writing

16. Where Do You Stand as a Technical
Writer?
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17. Who Are We Known As?

18. Technical Writing in Sri Lanka
Some of the first members of the ‘Tech Writers Sri Lanka’ community

19. What Everyone Thinks We Do:
Source:
http://www.technovedam.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/12/technical-writer.jpg

20. What We Do at WSO2

21. How the Community Helps Docs

22. Technical Content and Training
Source: http://www.precisioncontent.com/how-we-help-you/training/

23. Training Content
• Videos
• Presentations
• Hands-on exercises
• Lab kits
• LMS
• Certification

25. Building the TWSL Community
• What topics would you like to see in the future?
• Would you like to host the next TWSL meetup?
• Would you like to present a topic?
Get in touch with us!

26. Questions?

27. THANK YOU
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